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http://youtu.be/Z0FsEQTnmOk If u don't know, this video explains it all, right from the horses mouth. If u don't want to look, I'll tell you. This song is about Lacey watching her cousin beat to death in front of her when she was ten years old. She was never raped and definitely didn't do drugs at that age.

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Does anyone think the words are directed at Jesus? Her songs tend to have Christian themes. It does sound as though something horrible happened to her because she says she braced herself and doesnt mean to remember, but I don't think she's talking to the person who hurt her. She's talking to Jesus and saying that he got her through it. When she says "your hands coming down again" she's saying she feels his presence with her again. When she says she closed her eyes and only noticed his face, I think she closed her eyes to avoid the pain and saw the face of Jesus. When she says "you're gonna build my shell" she's saying he's going to give her strengh and protection until she heals. When she says "my scars are yours" she's saying that Jesus took her suffering upon himself. When she says "you stood where i stood" it can be meant in more ways than one. It can mean that Jesus stood where she stood because he lived on earth in physical form and therefore understands her experience. It can mean that he suffered as much as she did because he was persecuted and crucified. It can also mean that his spiritual presence was with her. I think all three meanings apply. When she says "you're gonna break my shell" she's saying that he's taking away her defenses because she is healed and doesn't need them anymore. The breaking of the shell can also imply growth and spiritual regeneration.

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anonymous^^^ is absolutely right. the ending i love you and i understand that you stood where i stand has to be referring to the cycle of abuse. a parent abuses a child and they grow up to be an abuser themselves.

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This song is about lacey's drug addiction when she was 10 years old. She was a drug addict and her and her mother did not get along. Now, she's thankful for all her mother did for her, and understand's why she was and said the things she did.

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I think this song is about a ten year old who's parent abused them. The child at first thinks it's their own fault that their parent abused them, and at one point hates their parent. But once the child grows up, she heals her psychological wounds and can forgive and still love her parent because she understands that her parent was in the same position. (I get this from certain lyrics: #I'm only tem years old#, #Your hand comes down again#, #I close my eyes and brace myself# (bracing herself for the impact of being hit), #I'm done healing# and finally, #I love you and, I understand, that you stood where I stood# (the 'where I stood' implies that she stood their in the past and has grown up since the abuse, and no longer recieves it).